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Zoom is available to anyone with a valid Northwestern NetID, and its use is intended for the purpose of conducting University-related activities. To get an account and begin using it immediately, visit the Zoom login page, sign in with your NetID and password, and authenticate using Duo MFA. An account is provisioned automatically upon first login.
CAESAR is Northwestern’s system of record for student data. Students, faculty, advisers, parents, guardians, and staff use CAESAR to manage classes and grades, pay bills, view financial aid, process admissions, and maintain demographic data.
The Northwestern software download portal helps students, faculty, and staff identify the ways in which they can purchase or download Northwestern-recommended software titles.
NUworkspace offers users a virtual Windows desktop service that provides access to a suite of many software applications to faculty, students, and staff, including access to software packages that may not be readily available on their desktop/laptop computers.
Northwestern University's agreement with Microsoft offers Microsoft Office software, core client access licenses, and operating system upgrades for University-owned computers
EZProxy allows authorized Northwestern users to view from off-campus e-content and electronic database subscriptions offered by the University Libraries.
SharePoint is an online content and document management tool available for students, faculty, and staff to create web sites and manage file libraries.
Northwestern’s learning management system, Canvas, allows Northwestern instructors to deliver course materials, manage grades, and create learning activities and allows students to submit assignments and tests and view grades.
Northwestern University's agreement with Adobe offers the full Adobe Creative Cloud software suite for use by eligible faculty and staff.
ConnectNU is Northwestern’s online undergraduate advising platform that coordinates scheduling, messaging, and other advising interactions to coordinate student support.
NUFinancials is the centerpiece of the University’s financial management systems. It supports the accounting and budgeting functions that feed the University’s general ledger, and works with related reporting, facilities management, purchasing, sponsored research, financial forecasting, and annual budgeting systems.
The Business Intelligence (BI) System (also known as Cognos), provides Northwestern with accessible and comprehensive reporting and analytics solutions for University schools and business units.
The Northwestern Public Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows users with Northwestern NetIDs to access University network resources as if they were directly connected to the Northwestern network.Virtual Private Network (VPN) establishes a "secure tunnel" for your computer on the Northwestern network. It provides strong encryption, enables authenticated access to the Northwestern network from external and untrusted environments, and proxies your network traffic so it appears to originate from within the Northwestern network.
This service includes Mudd Libraries Video Production Studio.
The Student Opportunity Application Portal (SOAP) platform provides seamless access to find funding opportunities, apply, review, and send notifications of awards to undergraduate & graduate students in any field of study.
RDSS provides secure on-premise data storage for researchers.
Northwestern provides lecture capture services for University schools, departments, and business units provide users with the ability to record and archive lecture videos for live or on-demand viewing from a web browser.
Microsoft Teams is a secure, Cloud-based chat and group collaborative workspace that seamlessly integrates with other Microsoft 365 applications, including Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint.
Access off-campus data networks through the internet and dedicated research/education circuits.
There are several tools supported by Northwestern IT and guidance available in helping you choose what tool best fits your self-service needs. To understand the strength and limitations of the tools we recommend you review each offering and check out their pages.
Northwestern provides three wireless networks to access the Internet. Each network is unique to University affiliation and device type.
NetID services take information from the HR or student system and create unified Northwestern credentials (NetIDs) that are then connected with information about each individual. NetIDs are then used as the primary way for people to interact with IT services. Other types of NetIDs can be created as well for specific people, organizations, or IT system purposes.